It had been hoped that we had seen the last of the pandemic, and concurrently the need for the NCOC. The current federal government on Wednesday decided to fully activate the NCOC in the light of rising coronavirus cases across the country. Reactivating the NCOC was a necessary step, considering the country reported 541 new infections overnight, pushing Pakistan’s positivity ratio above 3 percent again. The closing of the NCOC put all burden of ensuing coronavirus cases on the National Institute of Health (NIH). The NIH had already shown itself to be incapable to deal with the unpredictable coronavirus pandemic; furthermore, it has also faced several difficulties with countering polio.
